Night Prayers for Gesima/Lent ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
During the season of Lent, the Christian, on preparing for sleep, will unite himself with the Church…
Day: February 12, 2023
Evening Meditations for Sexagesima Sunday ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
Man knows not the value of Divine grace, and hence he exchanges it for a mere nothing. It is a treasure of infinite value. An infinite treasure to men, which they that use, become the friends of God. (Wis. vii. 14)…
Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: February 12th On against delay of repentance
Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Sexagesima Sunday
A major theme of the liturgy is the Word of God. We give thanks that we have heard the Word (Introit), which Saint Paul faithfully preached despite so many obstacles (Epistle). The Gospel is all about hearing the Word of God in a way that produces good fruit, and not in a way that wastes or kills the seed offered to us by God through His holy Word…
Sunday Morning Prayers for Sexagesima ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
During the season of Gesima, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church…
Sexagesima Sunday ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
The Station at Rome is in the church of Saint Lawrence outside the walls. The ancient liturgists observe the relation between the just Abel (whose being murdered by Cain is the subject of one of the responsories of today’s Matins) and the courageous martyr, over whose tomb the Church of Rome commences her Septuagesima…